Human Brain has endless possibilities and a kind of
galaxy of information that make us better and more sensible than any other
living souls on this planet. But if Newton could push his to unravel the
mystery of gravity after the ‘apple’ effect or the Wright brothers could manage
to pull out their aeronautical inventions; trust me, they all were using just
10% of their mind. Naturally, we the average people don’t even hit that level.
Now think, if mere 10% can make someone a Newton or Leonardo Da Vinci or
Aryabhatta, what magical excellence a 100% would produce? LUCY, I say and
that’s the cynicism one develops while watching Luc Besson’s science-fiction
thriller LUCY. Trying to sound multifaceted, intricate and advanced like THE
TREE OF LIFE and look slick-pacy & pulsating as LA FEMME NIKITA, LUCY
actually ends up in being not more than a chaotic creative junk mixed with
high-on intellectual trash.
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Lucy, played by the ever-startling Scarlett
Johansson gets in trap of a Korean mob during an involuntary drug delivery
mess. Soon, she finds herself as one of the human drug carriers with a pack of
highly synthetic CPH4 powder positioned in their lower abdomen in a surgical
operation. Much before she could be transported to her planned destination, an
unwanted brawl lends her in a serious problem or magical transformation in
disguise. The pack gets burst and now the invincible chemical reactions start stimulating
human mental powers to reach its maximum. No wonder, Lucy is now a superwoman
who needs to walk the path of retribution and revolution, later!
From the very speedy time-lapse shots to the earth
evolution theory getting reproduced on screen with amazing visuals, LUCY at places
looks a distant cousin to THE TREE OF LIFE, though the depth and connect go
missing at large. But if it is not into its National Geographic Mode, it is
sure a thriller that never loses the steam. Monologues by Morgan Freeman,
playing a neurology expert scientist talking about magical capabilities of a
human mind and how evolution can become revolution followed by the same getting
applied on Lucy’s situation is nicely interwoven. With just a 90 minute of
duration, this is in fact too much jam-packed in one box. Film doesn’t think
much before slipping and swapping genres of all kinds. At one if it joins the
league of science-fiction, minutes later you will find it covered as a regular
Hollywood action-thriller. No wonder, you don’t really feel like connected to
any.
Having
said that, it is not an unwatchable film at all! Scarlett Johansson alone is
capable of pulling it off for the most, her earlier performance in HER shouts
out loud to prove the point. Morgan Freeman is as usual extremely sincere and
charismatic, one of my favorites. Besides, the visual effects are never
involved and incomprehensible like we see in most of Hollywood’s regular Friday
flicks but simplified or I would say over-simplified. Film’s action sequences
are average. Drama is almost overshadowed by the cerebral investigations and
research theories. I doubt if even Luc Besson had his share of 10% implied on
this film. This is not a piece of information you would like to keep in your
mind but having a good time with it, is completely different. Watch out for Ms.
Johansson! [2.5/5]
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